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DM: yo
<<< PhelanArcetus has joined >>> <<< 02:12:58 PM >>> <<< PhelanArcetus is now known as Taranis >>>
Taranis: Erin will be on in a couple
DM: kk
DM: Chris is dealing with internet stupidities.
DM: Ugh.
Taranis: Ugh?
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Ilya: chris came home btw
DM: Sounds like Chris' upstairs neighbors managed to break their modem.
Ilya: sharing internet with neighbors eh
DM: the house modem.
Ilya: that sounds like trouble.
Ilya: so like
Ilya: roommates more like
DM: She's renting her place from them, and thankfully moving soon.
Ilya: ah
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Taranis: i guess that explains why getting her internet hooked up was such a pain
Bolgan: what up haters
DM: Alrighty, sounds like we may be a player short today.
DM: Sooooo...
*** Ilya practices with his new reach weapon
*** Taranis magics things
Ilya: sadly the damage is comparable
DM: When last we met our party, they had cleared out the hill of zombies.
Ilya: 2d4+1 vs 2d6
*** Bolgan heckapunches
Ilya: higher min damage
Taranis: lower average and high end
Ilya: yeah.
Bolgan: level 2 is correct, yes?
Ilya: yep
DM: Huzzah, modem reset ftw. Even with exposed wires on the modem.
Ilya: if I had quick draw it would be less of an issue
DM: Ok.
Taranis: why the crap are there exposed wires on the modem?
DM: So, here's the deal.
DM: Don't ask me. She's moving out next week.
DM: Anyway
DM: The party had just defeated the Stag Lord and cleared out the hill under his keep of its zombie infestation.
Taranis: we should set fire to the remains of the keep as we leave
Taranis: minimize the re-usability
Ilya: not a terrible idea.
Taranis: side note: do we still have alchemist's fire?
DM: I… don't believe you've used it yet.
DM: Taking all the Stag Lord's loot, you set fire to the keep and head back with it in tow on a series of sleds.
Taranis: It was never on the party inventory... sloppy of me
Bolgan: muuuush
Ilya: yay
DM: It's a somewhat longer trip than before.
Taranis: looks like we had one and did not actually use it; taking that
DM: (ok, seems like windows lied, and there's no internets)
Taranis: Ilya wants the ranseur, or just holding it for now?
Ilya: I figured I'd use it for now
Taranis: ok, i'll leave it on the party loot page then
Ilya: If I end up getting some other +1 weapon later we can sell it
DM: (someone dig up Trip's sheet that she mailed out a while ago, if you would)
Ilya: I have it.
DM: And as I recall, you decided to head back via the same route you took before.
DM: i.e., trudging through the forest.
Elias: the non zombie/enemy route, yes
DM: ok
DM: So...
Taranis: the route we know, rather than exploring while dragging umpteen stuffs
DM: The trip takes a while, but going slowly gives Elias a chance to go out and hunt some game for the party.
Elias: survival check!
Elias: oh wait.....we did those last week didn't we
DM: Yep
Bolgan: don't suck
Elias: I recall not sucking
DM: Now, let's have some perception checks.
Bolgan: word
Bolgan: we get to eat
Bolgan: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 9 = 10
Bolgan: :|
Elias: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 8 = 11
Bolgan: :|
Elias: I see now I am sucking
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 - 1 = 18
Ilya: ha.
Ilya: haaaaaa.
Taranis: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 = 14
Ilya: /try 4;trip
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (trip) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 4 = 8
Ilya: Ilya is the only one paying attention!
Bolgan: :|
Taranis: (turns out nobody logged session last week; i think we figured out how much food we had to deduct for the trip)
Ilya: where's Aleksei
Ilya: oh
Ilya: I guess I forgot
Ilya: hold on I have it
DM: (note that the sheet she sent was L1. The only decision needed iirc was the rogue talent, for which she chose Combat Training)
DM: Anyhow.
Aleksei: Hi
Aleksei: Sorry
Aleksei: Was dealing with a thing
Aleksei: What's up now?
Aleksei: Ah
Ilya: read things imo.
Ilya: :p
Aleksei: /try 3;perception
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (perception) 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 3 = 22
Ilya: hooray someone beat my roll
Elias: we are perceiving things
DM: You're going up the Thorn River on May 18th, when Aleksei, Ilya, and Taranis all see movement upriver.
Taranis: What? I only see my books :P
Ilya: when was last session?
Ilya: last week?
Taranis: think so
Bolgan: is it more river?
DM: Last week, yes.
Taranis: I think it's facelasers.
Ilya: Jan 15th
Ilya: ok
Ilya: ok
Ilya: http://kingmaker.xthemage.net/wiki/index.php/Session:January_15_2012
Ilya: there you go
Taranis: ok, all food was taken care of
Taranis: excellent
DM: By this point, you've entered a fairly dense part of the forest, and the river has shrunk substantially.
Taranis: (upriver or downriver?)
DM: upriver, i.e., North
DM: A band of what look like extremely large frogs have seated themselves on an island in the middle of the river.
DM: They see you.
DM: roll some K:N if you have it and initiative.
DM: http://hugin.xthemage.net/hugin/?instance=kingmaker
Bolgan: initiative because frogs saw me? wtfcharles.
Taranis: /try 11;nature
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM (nature) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 11 = 23
Bolgan: how large is extremely large?
Elias: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
Aleksei: I wave
DM: About human sized
DM: Also place yourselves at or about 28,21
Aleksei: /try 0;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 0 = 16
Taranis: /try 0;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 0 = 1
Elias: that's actually a 24 for knowledge nature
Bolgan: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 1 = 12
Elias: /try 4(init)
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 4 = 23
Ilya: /try 1;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 1 = 14
Ilya: um
Ilya: oliver if this sheet is L1
Ilya: any idea what may have changed
Ilya: more BAB I assume?
Ilya: /try 4;trip-init
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (trip-init) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 4 = 6
Taranis: I'd say.. +1 BAB, +1 ref, more hp
DM: +1 BAB, +1 Ref, check the log for hp, and Weapon Focus[Handaxe]
DM: and +1 to all trained skills
DM: Additionally, if someone would take over Akiros, who's stats are in the dropbox.
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Taranis: Got it
<<< PhelanArcetus has joined >>> <<< 02:45:40 PM >>> <<< PhelanArcetus is now known as Akiros >>>
DM: So, what you see upriver is known as a Boggard
Akiros: /try 1;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
DM: They're generally unpleasant creatures who often ambush unwary travelers.
DM: Their primary offensive tools are the maces that they carry, but they're also known for secreting an extremely adhesive substance on their tongues that allows them to grab onto people and keep them from moving away.
Bolgan: :|
DM: They're also known for their ability to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies with their vocalizations.
Aleksei: sux~
Taranis: our paladin doesn't have an aura of courage yet, does he?
Frogs: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Frogs :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 0 - 1 = 15
<<< Frogs is now known as Boggards >>>
DM: They reach for their maces and turn to attack you.
Ilya: so wait
DM: Elias is first!
Ilya: they wield maces
Ilya: wtf do these things look like
Ilya: they are frogs with opposable thumbs?
Ilya: are they bipedal too?
Elias: I ambush the ambushers!
DM: Boggards resemble anthropomorphic frogs or toads, complete with webbed hands and feet, large eyes, and overly wide mouths.
Aleksei: 
Elias: aka: Elias' version of diplomacy
Elias: I shoot them
Ilya: got it
DM: Sounds good.
DM: Roll it.
Elias: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 6 = 26
Bolgan: that looks silly
Elias: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 6 = 26
DM: That looks very silly, roll the conf...
Elias: .....
DM: wow
Elias: well I crit one
Ilya: so um
DM: alright then
Ilya: how's those dice treating you Elias
Bolgan: way to ruin it for the rest of us
DM: Your arrow slices directly into the forehead of one of the boggards. Roll damage
Elias: /roll 3d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 3d8 < 5 8 8 = 21 > = 21
Elias: .....
Bolgan: . . .
Elias: did someone sacrifice a goat in my name or something?
Aleksei: Right between the eyes!
Aleksei: Yes I prayed to Desna for luck.
DM: The frog all but collapses from the shot.
Ilya: so close!
DM: This is which, #5?
Ilya: you need that +1 str
Ilya: or like
Elias: I need a strength modifier to wield it
Ilya: whatever the feat is that lets you power attack
Aleksei: Deadly Aim
Taranis: Deadly Aim
Ilya: right I mean you need a +1 str modifier
DM: Ok, Aleksei is up next.
Taranis: both are excellent things to have
Ilya: from somewhere
Elias: I shall save up for a strength item....
Elias: or that feat
Elias: either or
Aleksei: I move up while drawing my crossbow
Aleksei: And fire
DM: K
DM: roll it
Aleksei: At the same dude
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 1 = 17
Aleksei: ?
DM: Hit
DM: And, btw, correction s/mace/morningstar
Aleksei: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Aleksei: 1d8 < 2 = 2 > = 2
Bolgan: fuckin smart
DM: that's on the same one?
Aleksei: Yes
DM: The needle on Elias' camel.
DM: it collapses.
Aleksei: Fantastic
Bolgan: who throws a camel
Bolgan: I mean seriously
Elias: I need camel arrows
Ilya: how many of them were there anyway
Taranis: Same people who throw their shoes.
Aleksei: 4 left
DM: Ok.
DM: They go
DM: The boggards dive into the water and start swimming downriver towards you.
DM: And that's it for their actions.
DM: Ilya's up next.
Ilya: ugh
Ilya: move up there with my poking stick
Ilya: ready for things to come into range
Ilya: (at which point they will get poked)
DM: k
DM: Bolgan!
Bolgan: I haul my slow ass forward
Bolgan: next
DM: Trip's next
Bolgan: oh they moved further than I thought
Bolgan: I also ready to punch a frog that comes into range
DM: k
DM: Trip!
DM: (Akiros and Taranis next)
Ilya: oh
Ilya: ok so
Ilya: same shit
DM: kk
DM: Akiros!
Akiros: Rage and otherwise the same, I suppose
DM: k
DM: Taranis
Ilya: he's a barb?
Ilya: such a civilized barb
Taranis: So do I think Sleep will affect multiple of them?
Ilya: well
Ilya: to meta a little
Taranis: i mean that was lots of hp
Ilya: given the damage we saw from the arrow
Ilya: yeah
Ilya: sleep caps at 5?
Taranis: 4
Ilya: or what
Ilya: hm
Ilya: 4 total?
Taranis: 4 total
Taranis: no cap on single target
Ilya: yeah that sounds like one
Ilya: i mean ccing one dude
Ilya: still good
Taranis: but it's a will save, so yeah
*** Taranis begins casting Sleep
DM: k.
DM: Back to Elias
Elias: more of elias diplomacy
Elias: on number 3
Elias: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 7 = 15
DM: A lot of bowing in this form of diplomacy.
DM: And that's a hit.
Bolgan: :|
Elias: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 1 = 2
Ilya: might want to step back after firing lest you get rushed
Elias: I fiver back after that
DM: k
Elias: clearly that was a marshmallow arrow
DM: Aleksei!
Ilya: it's compensating for the prior camel arrow
Bolgan: tasty marshmallow arrows
Elias: it is
Aleksei: Same deal
Aleksei: Reload, fire
Bolgan: tasty camel arrows
DM: k
Aleksei: At the same dude as Elias
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Aleksei: sux
DM: no luck.
*** Boggards try to weasel around your threatened areas.
Bolgan: are they frogs or weasels
Boggards: /try 2;acro 2;acro 2;acro
*** DM rolls attempts for Boggards :
*** DM (acro) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 2 = 13
*** DM (acro) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 2 = 13
*** DM (acro) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
Bolgan: make up your motherfucking mind
*** Ilya has a reach weapon
Boggards: does that beat any CMD of someone on a front line?
Taranis: I highly doubt it
Ilya: so my cmd is
Ilya: bab
Ilya: plus str
Ilya: plus dex
Ilya: plus 10?
Bolgan: my CMD is bigger than all that shit
Ilya: if so
Ilya: none of that beats anything, gtfo
Aleksei: My CMD is 12
Taranis: yeah that's how it works
DM: in that case, feel free to make your AoOs and readied attacks as appropriate.
Ilya: it's +10 right?
Taranis: yes
Aleksei: I guess I'm not on the front line though
Ilya: for some reason I have +5 written down
Taranis: that beats my CMD, which is 9, but nobody who means to be in melee
DM: 10+Dex+Str+BAB
Taranis: CMB: BAB+Str; CMD: 10+BAB+Str+Dex
Ilya: which isnt' even true, forgot to update
DM: #2 charged, btw
Akiros: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 10 = 22
Ilya: ok well
Ilya: boggard 3 takes like
Ilya: an AoO
DM: sprung up out of the water and charged Akiros
Ilya: and a readied attack
Ilya: I think
Akiros: oh well then I guess he'll swing at #2
Bolgan: which one did akiros just hit
DM: sounds reasonable.
Bolgan: I swing at that same one
Akiros: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 5 = 5 > + 5 = 10
Bolgan: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 4 = 15
Ilya: /try 6;AoO 6;ready
Bolgan: /roll 1d6+2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (AoO) 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 6 = 16
*** DM (ready) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 6 = 10
*** DM rolls dice for Bolgan: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
DM: Hit from Bolgan.
DM: one hit from Ilya
Ilya: /roll 2d4+8
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 2d4 < 1 2 = 3 > + 8 = 11
Ilya: Trip takes her attack...
Ilya: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 7 = 27
Ilya: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 7 = 11
Ilya: aw
DM: not a confirm
Ilya: /roll 1d6
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > = 1
DM: k
Boggards: attack
Boggards: /try 5;trip 5;Ilya 6;Akiros 5;Bolgan
*** DM rolls attempts for Boggards :
*** DM (trip) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
*** DM (Ilya) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 5 = 20
*** DM (Akiros) 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 6 = 25
*** DM (Bolgan) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 5 = 18
Ilya: ow
Akiros: akiros is hit
Bolgan: motherfucking hit
Ilya: Trip is not even close to being hit
Boggards: /roll 1d8+3;Ilya
*** DM rolls dice for Boggards: (Ilya) 1d8 < 4 = 4 > + 3 = 7
Boggards: /roll 1d8+3;Akiros
*** DM rolls dice for Boggards: (Akiros) 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 3 = 11
Ilya: ow
Ilya: wtb more ho
Boggards: /roll 1d8+3;Bolgan
*** DM rolls dice for Boggards: (Bolgan) 1d8 < 4 = 4 > + 3 = 7
Ilya: hp*
Aleksei: More ho also, amirite
Bolgan: things are not looking good for the homestar runner
Ilya: possibly yes
*** Boggards like hos.
DM: Ilya!
Ilya: green thing below me is like a tree?
DM: Yep
Ilya: hmmm
DM: #2 and #3 are fairly injured, #1 and #4 are un/barely injured
Ilya: ok i need to check some things visually
Ilya: ignore hugin changes
DM: k
DM: in the meantime, Bolgan
Ilya: does that flank?
Bolgan: heckapunches on chargy mcchargenpants
Ilya: anyone?
DM: hmm
DM: sure, let's say it does.
Aleksei: huh?
Ilya: or would I need to be standing on bolgan
Aleksei: How would it flank
Ilya: I guess it has to go out the opposite corner
Ilya: right?
Aleksei: For flanking, a line from a corner of you to a corner of your partner has to pass through two opposite sides of the enemy
DM: @Bolgan: Roll it.
Bolgan: /try 3 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
Bolgan: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 3 = 20
Ilya: right
DM: crit
Bolgan: /roll 2d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Bolgan: 2d6 < 5 2 = 7 > + 4 = 11
Ilya: ok so that doesn't work
DM: Is it any corner, or does it have to be the same one?
Aleksei: Any corner I believe.
Aleksei: Or maybe center?
Aleksei: Not sure
DM: because in that config, Ilya's UL to Trip's LL passes through the E/W
Ilya: that's true.
DM: That's #2, Bolgan?
Bolgan: yup
Ilya: well if oliver says that works I'm going to take it.
DM: You land a massive blow to the massive frog's chest, and it keels over.
Bolgan: I take his spot
Bolgan: yoink
*** Ilya fivers back
*** Ilya pokes
DM: Damn dwarves, stealing honest, hardworking frog positions.
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 6 = 10
Bolgan: suffer
DM: that… is a miss
DM: Trip!
Ilya: yep figures
*** Ilya flanking buddy
Ilya: Trip fivers down
Ilya: axes them a question
Ilya: /try 5 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 5 = 18
DM: Cut it out!
Bolgan: :|
DM: by which I mean, you hit once.
Ilya: /roll 1d6+1d6
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 1d6 < 2 = 2 > = 7
DM: is that with flanking?
Ilya: no
Ilya: good point
Ilya: I am bad at maths
DM: in that case, you hit twice
Ilya: should be 2 higher
Ilya: /roll 1d6+1d6
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > + 1d6 < 1 = 1 > = 7
Ilya: there you go
DM: Blenderized!
Ilya: ah yes I hit this guy once before
DM: Akiros!
Ilya: gg team flanks
DM: (There is, btw, a talent… 1/day if you miss an attack while flanking, your flanking buddy gets a free attack)
Akiros: #4, obviously
Ilya: :o
Akiros: /try 12
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 12 = 18
DM: hit
Akiros: /roll 1d8+5
Bolgan: o/
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 5 = 8
Ilya: 12?
Ilya: this guy is the beef
Akiros: flanking, also
Akiros: flank + rage = 12
DM: (Note that the stats have rage incorporated into them)
Akiros: yes, I surmised that
DM: (ah, right, flank)
Akiros: so without flank + rage, that's +8
Bolgan: beeeeeeeef
Ilya: i am glad he turned out to be a nice bandit
DM: Taranis!
Akiros: (and that's a +1 sword)
Taranis: Sleep goes off
DM: who's it hit?
Taranis: #1 gets a Will save
Boggards: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Boggards :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
DM: nope
Taranis: yeah hell no
DM: Elias!
Taranis: that... was just the end of my previous action :P
Ilya: guys we are running out of targets!
DM: Oh, right
Ilya: :o
DM: Taranis!
*** Taranis screams, in a manly fashion.
Bolgan: OOM
Taranis: roll the last one a Fort Save
Boggards: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Boggards :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
Taranis: fail
Ilya: pull more mobs!
Taranis: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Boggards: :(
Taranis: 3 damage, dazed
Bolgan: I'm sure this combat is over
Ilya: me too
Ilya: unless
Ilya: all of us roll 1s
Ilya: for the next round
Ilya: or like
Ilya: the next 20 rounds
DM: Dazed's the no action one, right?
Ilya: and the boggard rolls 20s
Aleksei: Yes
Ilya: for the next 20 rounds
DM: k
Ilya: and kills us
DM: Elias!
Bolgan: that would be tragedizzle
Bolgan: bowplomacy
DM: #1 is asleep, and #4 is nearly dead.
Elias: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 3 = 22
Ilya: bowmancy?
DM: Alrighty.
Elias: bowplomacy works better
DM: Roll up some damage
DM: roll a 1!
Elias: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
Ilya: lolno
DM: That's not a 1
Elias: there was a 1 in there
Bolgan: you apparently had one job
*** Boggards all keel over.
Ilya: hooray
DM: You've got a sleeping boggard.
Ilya: cdg!
Bolgan: fucking frogs
Ilya: unless
DM: kk
Ilya: do we have any use for this
Bolgan: how dare they ambush us
Bolgan: nope
Ilya: anyone speak frog
Bolgan: ribbit, motherfucker
Ilya: no? ok
*** Ilya splat
Bolgan: maybe carlos santana does
DM: Ok
<<< Boggards has left >>> <<< 03:29:14 PM >>>
Ilya: i see you boys are enjoying my sparkling wine
DM: The remainder of the journey is uneventful.
DM: Ilya, please roll a perception check.
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 0 - 1 = 12
DM: indeed.
DM: Entirely uneventful.
DM: You arrive at Oleg's at midday on May 20th.
Ilya: anything requiring me to roll a perception check definitely didn't happen.
DM: The little border post has become a bit more active since you were last there.
Taranis: Oh?
DM: A handful of tents have been set up just inside the pallisade, and you hear Oleg's booming voice chatting with someone over by the tables.
DM: As you enter the courtyard...
<<< Oleg has joined >>> <<< 03:31:28 PM >>>
Oleg: Friends! Welcome back!
Aleksei: Hello!
Ilya: We killed the bandit leader.
Ilya: Shouldn't be any more trouble.
Aleksei: Oh yeah, your bandit problem is totally solved now.
DM: several men are standing near Oleg.
DM: most of them wear the armor and uniform of Restov guards, while the remaining one wears a simple brown robe.
DM: one of the guards, the leader by the looks of it turns to you surprised.
<<< Guard Lieutenant has joined >>> <<< 03:32:59 PM >>> Guard Lieuten: Really!?
*** Ilya nods
Ilya: //who has his helmet?
Guard Lieuten: The Stag Lord?
Ilya: Yep.
*** Ilya takes out helmet
*** Ilya displays as trophy
Taranis: by takes out, you mean points at Elias :P
Guard Lieuten: Good news indeed. Perhaps we won't be needed here after all, eh Oleg?
Ilya: //i asked!
Ilya: //no one said anything
Elias: //sorry
*** Ilya instead points at Elias's head
*** Guard Lieutenant looks dumbstruck.
*** Elias grins like an idiot
Ilya: We didn't kill all his underlings, but they have dispersed.
Ilya: Any trouble will be unorganized at best.
Oleg: See? Your services are still needed Kesten.
Aleksei: We told them that if they bandited again, we wouldn't let them go a second time.
Guard Lieuten: Pity. I was hoping to see some action.
Aleksei: So that should do it.
Oleg: Well then. Let me treat you to a celebratory meal.
Aleksei: Sounds good.
*** Ilya looks pleased to hear that
Elias: You may yet....there are still creatures that roam these parts that take a particular joy in ambushing travelers
Elias: who knows when they will grow bored of that and move against a settlement
Ilya: Actual food? Yes please.
Oleg: And where are my manners. This here is Kesten Garess, leader of the guard detachment that Restov's leaders *finally* sent.
*** Aleksei waves
*** Ilya nods
Oleg: And the quiet one back there is Jhod. Jhod Kavken, was it?
<<< Guard Lieutenant is now known as Kesten >>> <<< Jhod has joined >>> <<< 03:37:03 PM >>>
*** Jhod nods.
Ilya: We are the exploration party chartered by the swordlords.
*** Ilya introduces people
Jhod: Exploration… you know this area?
Jhod: Have you… have you by chance run across a temple?
Aleksei: Nope.
Jhod: A temple to Erastil?
Ilya: Not yet...
DM: everyone roll some perception please.
Taranis: /try 2
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 = 14
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 - 1 = 3
Aleksei: We've only explored some of it though.
Bolgan: /try 9
Elias: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 9 = 22
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 8 = 12
Aleksei: /try 3;perception
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (perception) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 3 = 17
Ilya: Yeah, we spent most of our time dealing with bandits.
DM: Taranis, Bolgan, and Aleksei note that Akiros shies away at the mention of Erastil, and starts acting nervous.
*** Jhod frowns.
Taranis: What's this?
Jhod: well, I couldn't have hoped it to be that easy.
*** Ilya shrugs
Ilya: Sorry friend.
Ilya: But as soon as we do run across anything of the sort, we'll let you know.
Oleg: Jhod just got here from, where was it? Galt?
*** Jhod looks uncomfortable.
Jhod: Yes. Galt. I'm on what you might call a holy quest.
Ilya: Really?
Jhod: Somewhere, near here, is a temple guarded by a bear.
Jhod: I… I must find it.
Elias: Just a regular bear?
Elias: Not an owlbear?
Jhod: I erm, well, I think it's just a regular bear.
DM: meanwhile, Oleg brings out several bowls of steaming hot stew.
Taranis: Akiros?
Jhod: My information is well…
<<< Akiros has joined >>> <<< 03:43:29 PM >>>
Akiros: Yes?
<<< Akiros has left >>> <<< 03:43:39 PM >>>
Jhod: All I have to go on is a vision.
Taranis: You know something?
Akiros: Something? About what?
*** Akiros looks lost in thought.
Taranis: Something about this temple?
Akiros: what? No.
Akiros: Never seen a temple to Erastil anywhere around here. But there are ruins all over the place.
Taranis: What, then?
Akiros: What?
Taranis: You got nervous when that came up
Akiros: I did? Err, well, Erastil and I have never really seen eye to eye.
*** Taranis // totally lacks tact
Elias: Who's Erastil?
DM: One of the gods.
Aleksei: He's the god of...
DM: Hearth, home, good old country virtues.
Aleksei: /try 5;k_releigion
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (k_releigion) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 5 = 16
DM: also the hunt.
Aleksei: That.
Aleksei: // he is the god of rednecks
DM: Pretty much.
*** Ilya seems unimpressed
*** Taranis looks at the back of Akiros' neck briefly
Aleksei: lol
DM: (f'ref, http://kingmaker.xthemage.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7#p22)
Aleksei: // Oh I see
*** Jhod scowls.
Aleksei: // Stag Lord was wearing a helm that had something to do with Erastil
Ilya: //yep
*** Ilya has no idea wtf is going on
*** Aleksei nope
Ilya: //looks like he's more like the ranger god
DM: He's the god of a bunch of stuff.
Ilya: //Erastil teaches his followers to embrace tradition and the old ways. Many of Old Deadeye's faithful never even enter a city, and his faithful can be found in nearly any wild or untamed region across Avistan;
Aleksei: // yeah they're not mutually exclusive
Ilya: //I didn't say they were
Ilya: //but oliver's description didn't make me think of any of the other stuff
Ilya: //it wasn't particularly on target, is what I mean
Ilya: http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Erastil
DM: At any rate.
DM: Unless there are specific things you want to ask, dinner passes with a bunch of smalltalk.
Taranis: I was just trying to press Akiros on any potential information
DM: ok.
DM: roll… let's say a sense motive and a diplomacy.
Taranis: also... we needed to figure out if Auchs could be... tamed? controlled?
Taranis: Anyone other than me participating in this?
Ilya: /try -1;sense 7;diplo
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (sense) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 0 - 1 = 13
*** DM (diplo) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 7 = 21
Aleksei: /try 7;sense_motive
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (sense_motive) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 7 = 15
Ilya: oh
Taranis: /try 0;sense -1;diplomacy
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM (sense) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
*** DM (diplomacy) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 - 1 = 7
DM: Well, he wolfed down his food, and then scampered off to the corner to play with his toys.
Ilya: are we not all rolling
Ilya: or what
*** Aleksei is not diplomatic and not talking anyway, but is listening
Taranis: I hope peple other than me are rolling
Taranis: I am also not diplomatic
Ilya: I'll try to help I guess.
Ilya: i missed what the roll was for initially.
Bolgan: /try 9;sense
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM (sense) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 9 = 13
Bolgan: (I am the opposite of diplomatic)
Elias: /try 4;sense
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM (sense) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 4 = 19
Ilya: <- all the diplo
Taranis: The only reason I'm not worse at diplomacy is that people get better at dealing ewith people when they get older.
DM: Well, Akiros is extremely evasive on the subject of Erastil.
DM: You're not able to get anything specific out of him, but he shows an uncanny knowledge of Erastil's beliefs, rituals and customs.
Taranis: so what's erastil's symbol?
Taranis: is it, perhaps, a stag?
DM: You are also able to confirm that it had nothing to do with the stag lord.
DM: It is indeed.
DM: 
Elias: so I'm walking around with his symbol on my head
Elias: awesome
DM: well, not quite.
Ilya: see
Ilya: god of rangers
DM: Stag horns are a prominant symbol in Erastil's faith.
Elias: Elias is kind of an idiot when it comes to religion
DM: So...
DM: There's that.
Aleksei: Well
Aleksei: Clearly
Aleksei: We have no idea wtf
Aleksei: So let's ignore this and move on with our exploration
Ilya: yep
Ilya: none
DM: As for Kesten Garess, you find out that he arrived at the trading post shortly after you left.
DM: Apparently Oleg's pleas finally got answered.
Aleksei: Damn slow authorities
Aleksei: Always late to the party
Aleksei: Leave it to adventurers to get the job done
Aleksei: Onward to exploring imo
Taranis: Well, that complicates hooking him up with Akiros & Auchs
DM: He seems reasonably competent, but very fresh. He's never seen any real combat.
Ilya: Well we do need to figure out what to do with Akiros and Auchs still
DM: You also note the lack of Oleg's wife.
DM: But soon find out (whether you want to or not) that she's gone out to pick some moon radishes, a local delicacy that only grows in parts of the forest.
DM: At Kesten's insistance, she took one of his guards with her.
Aleksei: Something a bit suspicious about all this
Ilya: ?
DM: As night begins to fall, she still hasn't returned, and Oleg starts to get a bit worried.
Elias: With bandits running around and only one guard went with her?
Oleg: She insisted!
Oleg: I tried to stop her… but…
Elias: where is this place where the moon radishes grow?
Oleg: A few miles to the Southwest… just inside the forest.
Ilya: We'll go search for her.
*** Ilya stands up, straps on his weapons
DM: ok.
DM: Oh, almost forgot. There's also a handful of wanted posters up on the post's outer walls.
DM: They'll be posted offline.
DM: At any rate.
DM: You get out and go Southwest.
<<< Oleg has left >>> <<< 04:08:02 PM >>>
DM: Oleg clearly stays behind, Kesten is itching to go, but duty bound to stay...
DM: Jhod doesn't look like he's in any form to fight.
DM: Are you bringing Akiros with you?
Ilya: Up to him
Ilya: if he wants to help out then we will not refuse
*** Akiros looks at Kesten
Taranis: (It might help establish his bona fides... but so might staying behind... sounds like this lieutenant needs a sergeant)
Akiros: Don't worry, we'll get your man alive.
Akiros: *back alive
DM: ok.
<<< Jhod has left >>> <<< 04:10:23 PM >>> <<< Kesten has left >>> <<< 04:10:26 PM >>>
DM: Night has fallen, but in torch/magic light, you scour the area. You find a few radish patches, but no Svetlana (Oleg's wife)
DM: Let's have some perception.
Taranis: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 2 = 16
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 - 1 = 7
Elias: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 8 = 22
Aleksei: /rey 3
Aleksei: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 3 = 21
Bolgan: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 9 = 17
<<< Something has joined >>> <<< 04:13:37 PM >>>
Something: /try 5 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Something :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 5 = 12
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 5 = 18
DM: indeed
DM: You get a whiff of the distinctive smell of radishes in the clearing up ahead, and hear movement.
DM: It's too dark to make out any specifics, but you see at least half a dozen shapes moving through the shadows.
Aleksei: hmm
Bolgan: hmm indeed
*** Ilya is blind, doesn't see shit
Ilya: What?
*** Taranis Dancing Lights!
*** Aleksei light
Aleksei: There's some guys up ahead
Aleksei: Or maybe
Aleksei: Not guys?
Ilya: //didn't he say we already had magic light going
Aleksei: Well
*** Aleksei can cast Light all day
Aleksei: So meh :p
Taranis: yeah, cantrips ftw
Ilya: I'm just saying that you're not adding anything
DM: // Light on an object next to you vs further up ahead.
Ilya: by saying that
Ilya: right
DM: at any rate.
*** Aleksei casts Light on a new piece of equipment every round
*** Aleksei is soon radiating light from every single piece of clothing and paraphernalia
Ilya: but they don't stack so who cares :P
DM: The burst of light reveals 8 small reptilian creatures staggering up from the ground and clutching their spears and slings.
Aleksei: Oho
*** Ilya kills them all
DM: we don't need Hugin for this.
DM: so...
DM: Roll up some initiative.
Aleksei: /try 0;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 0 = 6
Taranis: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 = 4
Ilya: /try 1
Bolgan: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 1 = 12
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
<<< Something is now known as Kobolds >>>
Ilya: /try 4;trip
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (trip) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 4 = 16
Elias: /try 4;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 4 = 15
Kobolds: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Kobolds :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 1 = 19
DM: and someone pull in an Akiros.
DM: At any rate, Bolgan is up first.
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DM: the kobolds are 30 ft away.
DM: all of them look woozy.
Aleksei: High on moon radishes, clearly
Bolgan: and it's clear they mean us harm?
Aleksei: No man
Aleksei: Don't harsh their buzz
Aleksei: And they'll leave us alone
DM: You're totally harshing their buzz.
Bolgan: looks like they're on a wicked bender
*** Kobolds shout at you aggressively in draconic.
Bolgan: anyone speak that shit
*** Aleksei nope
Taranis: of course
Ilya: Yep
Aleksei: Only Common and Varisian
Kobolds: Our radishes! You no take radish!
Bolgan: lol
*** Ilya <- speaks draconic for some reason
Ilya: ...
Aleksei: Hah-HA
Ilya: Really?
Aleksei: Told you guys
Bolgan: I have no interest in this combat
Ilya: really.
Bolgan: I delay
*** Kobolds load rocks into their slings and ready to throw them at you.
Aleksei: I think we should try being nice!
Elias: No bowplomacy>
Elias: ?
Kobolds: You stay away, or we take you to the chief, just like the others!
*** Ilya listens
Taranis: ah, no need to ask questions now
Ilya: Hm.
DM: one of the kobolds whispers to the one that's speaking.
DM: the speaker turns angrilly to the whisperer.
Kobolds: Yes. But these ones actually get there!
Kobolds: We know what those twentyeyes are up to now!
DM: The kobolds are done, does anyone else in the party do anything to respond?
Ilya: Yep
Elias: I do not speak draconian
*** Bolgan shrugs
*** Ilya in Draconic
Ilya: Where did you take them?
*** Ilya yells
Kobolds: We take them to Chief Sootscale! Prizes of war!
DM: the other one whispers again.
Kobolds: Well, we try to take them.
Ilya: What does that mean?
Kobolds: Stupid twentyeyes. We'll get them back! They took our prizes!
Ilya: They're not your prizes.
Ilya: Tell us what happened to them and we won't strike you down.
*** Ilya brandishes sword
Aleksei: Hey someone translate for the rest of us
*** Ilya declines to do so
*** Ilya is busy talking
*** Taranis does it
*** Aleksei is still confused
Taranis: Sounds like these kobolds took them.
Aleksei: What's a twentyeyes :/
Taranis: And then lost them.
Bolgan: silithid?
Taranis: To something they call a twenty-eyes.
Kobolds: The kobolds are at war!
*** Kobolds seems proud of this.
Ilya: ...
Ilya: With whom?
Kobolds: Old Sharptooth says we have to win the war or we'll be slaves of the twentyeyes!
Taranis: What are the twentyeyes?
Taranis: // can I think of anything that meets this description?
Aleksei: Hey
Aleksei: Tell them
Kobolds: The bug people, the nasty vile ones!
Aleksei: That if they lead us to the whatevers
DM: roll a… knowledge Dungeoneering
Aleksei: And where they took the people we want to rescue
Taranis: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 11 = 19
Aleksei: Then we'll help them with their war
Aleksei: Kill some twentyeyes
Aleksei: Tell 'em that
Ilya: Keep in mind Aleksei
Ilya: Our charter involves removing all the threats
Aleksei: Yeah so?
Ilya: Including these kobolds.
Aleksei: Yeah, so...?
*** Ilya turns back, continues in draconic
DM: Well, the description seems to suggest a race of fey called mites.
Aleksei: They don't have to know that now.
DM: they don't have twenty eyes… but their facets might be described in such a way.
Ilya: Tell us where they went, and we'll kill them for you.
DM: *their eyes are faceted.
Kobolds: really!?
Ilya: But your so-called prizes belong to us.
*** Kobolds to the side says: Old sharptooth won't be happy
Kobolds: Yeah, we have to kill them ourselves! Wouldn't be right otherwise.
Kobolds: Yeah, it's our war!
Aleksei: 
*** Kobolds look unnecesarilly proud of this.
*** Ilya is getting rather frustrated
Aleksei: Are they buying it?
Ilya: Look, we don't care about your war, we just want our friends back.
Aleksei: Maybe tell them we'll uh
Aleksei: Help them somehow?
Ilya: They don't belong to you, or the twentyeyes.
*** Ilya shushes Aleksei
Aleksei: :|
Kobolds: Maybe they kill the twentyeyes and we come in tomorrow and tell [his emminence] that we did it!
Kobolds: But old sharptooth will know! He always knows
Ilya: Sure, fine.
*** Kobolds look indecisive.
DM: finally one of them speaks.
Kobolds: Alright. Go to the old sycamore!
DM: he gives directions that lead you more/less southeast
*** Ilya nods, relays them to Elias
Ilya: Let's go.
DM: (f'ref, you're now in hex C5, and the directions lead you to E6)
Bolgan: it's dangerous to go alone?
DM: ok
DM: Are you setting out immediately, or making camp first?
DM: It's now well into the night.
Ilya: I mean I think we need to rescue them immediately
Ilya: right?
Aleksei: Let's go, yeah
Ilya: we can be a little fatigued
Aleksei: Otherwise the whatevers could like
Aleksei: Eat them
Aleksei: Or do something else bad
Ilya: right
Bolgan: om nom etc
DM: Ok, note that everyone will be http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Fatigued
Bolgan: immediately?
DM: Well, you just got to Oleg's this afternoon.
Taranis: Yes, so will we be fatigued for combat we go into... or tomorrow?
Bolgan: I guess I'm not sure when the condition kicks in, is all
DM: Assuming you set out immediately, you reach a very large, and very dead sycamore tree.
DM: by late afternoon the next day.
DM: (Everyone is mounted, yes?)
Ilya: yep
DM: late afternoon the next day.
Aleksei: Yep
DM: You reach a large, somewhat dead looking tree.
DM: There's a large hole at its base.
Aleksei: ooh
Aleksei: What's in there
*** Ilya has no idea
*** Ilya starts looking around
*** Aleksei looks in the hole
*** Aleksei shines Light in there
*** Taranis Dancing Lights move own there
DM: Well, the hole itself goes down a ways and then splits off in two directions.
DM: There's enough K:N around to suggest that the hole was not formed naturally, but rathere burrowed out.
Aleksei: So this is probably the place, right guys?
DM: -e
<<< Kobolds has left >>> <<< 04:50:50 PM >>>
Ilya: I hope so.
Taranis: Well, let's have a look
Ilya: Hopefully those little wretches didn't lie to us.
Aleksei: Let's go in there and check it out
*** Ilya goes
*** Aleksei follows
Akiros: Alright.
DM: Alright
DM: Pick a direction, left or right.
Ilya: left
Bolgan: that's as good as any, I suppose
DM: Indeed.
DM: As you start down the tunnel, you hear something that sounds like excited chittering.
DM: It comes in waves, dying down and then erupting into a cacophony of beetle-like clicks every few seconds.
DM: proceed?
Ilya: Sounds like we're going the right direction to me?
DM: Alright.
Aleksei: Onwards
DM: The tunnel lets out into a small cavern, who's center is occupied by several crude, wooden workbenches. The tops of the benches are strewn with various tiny tools, metal and wooden hardware, and blocks of wood.
Aleksei: A workshop eh
DM: Four nasty looking blue creatures stand at the far side of the room. One of them is holding a small devices that resembles something like a tiny catapult, and appears to be engaged in lobbing something into the mouth of one of the others.
Aleksei: wat
*** Ilya blinks
Ilya: Hello?
DM: Every time he lobs… is that a caltrop… into the mouth of one of the others the four roar with excitement.
Aleksei: What is this
Aleksei: I don't even.
DM: Then they see you.
Taranis: So what do we know about.. mites? if that's what these are?
Elias: .....I know not what I see
DM: And reach for their daggers.
Ilya: So much for diplomacy...
DM: Make a perception check please.
Taranis: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 2 = 17
*** Ilya reaches for his sword
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 0 - 1 = 9
Elias: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 8 = 11
Akiros: /try 6
Aleksei: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 3 = 5
Taranis: oh akiros is going to be complicated here
Taranis: ah maths, worked it out
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Mites: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
Bolgan: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 9 = 17
DM: Indeed.
DM: So.
DM: Who's on point?
DM: Ilya?
DM: Aleksei?
DM: Well, doesn't matter. Let's also have some init.
Taranis: fatigue includes a -2 dex, yes?
Taranis: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 - 1 = 11
DM: yes
Akiros: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 0 = 7
Aleksei: Ilya went in first
Aleksei: Then me
DM: Bolgan and Taranis note that the small objects being lobbed at and swallowed by the mites...
Aleksei: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 0 = 1
DM: are in fact caltrops
Aleksei: make that a -1
Aleksei: For a total of 0
Elias: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 4 = 22
DM: And the mites don't seem particularly troubled by this.
Aleksei: So mites eat spiky metal
Bolgan: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 0 = 14
DM: Trip/Ilya?
Ilya: Sorry
Ilya: brief afk
Ilya: yeah I was out front I think
Ilya: /try 0;ilya
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (ilya) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
Ilya: /try 3;trip
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (trip) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
DM: k
DM: Well, Elias sees them reaching for weapons and reacts first.
Elias: bowplomacy!
Elias: Actually....do they speak common?
Elias: or elven?
DM: They, in fact, speak undercommon
DM: Evil fey.
Ilya: the fuck is undercommon
Elias: right
Elias: nothing I speak
Ilya: they;re evil?
DM: Yep
Elias: so bowplomacy it is
Ilya: excellent.
Ilya: >:)
Elias: I shoot the one closest to us
Ilya: also how many of them are there?
DM: Four.
DM: They don't look particularly threatening.
Elias: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 6 = 16
DM: A hit
Elias: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > = 3
DM: This is, I gather, a normal arrow?
Elias: um.....yes?
Elias: I don't have any other kinds
Elias: so it does nothing
Ilya: dr cold iron lol?
DM: Just checking. It doesn't do quite as much damage as you'd hope. It does hurt it a little.
Elias: because I'm guessing it's dr5
Elias: oh
Aleksei: DR 2!
Elias: well it's...something
Ilya: so PF breaks the 5/10/15 mold eh?
Bolgan: dr already? booooooo
DM: It's not a full DR 5…
DM: because all they have is...
DM: a mite of damage resistance
Taranis: probably because DR 5 hoses a lot of people at low levels
DM: -O^O-
Aleksei: The mold wasn't all that rigid in the first place
Elias: boooooo
Bolgan: :|
DM: So...
DM: they're up
*** Mites turns his device at Ilya
Mites: aims carefully and...
Mites: /try 0+1
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 0 + 1 = 11
Mites: mutters.
*** Mites mutters
DM: the remainder grab darts and throw them before pulling out daggers
Mites: @Ilya
Mites: /try 2+1 2+1 2+1
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 2 + 1 = 12
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 2 + 1 = 7
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 2 + 1 = 11
Ilya: :|
*** Ilya almost feels bad for them
Bolgan: barn, broadside, etc
DM: The mite that lobbed a caltrop at Ilya sees what's going on and turns to flee.
DM: the remainder seem eager for battle.
DM: Taranis!
Taranis: Let's see about that fleeing
Taranis: first, what do I know about mites?
Taranis: aside from "small, blue, gonna get their asses kicked"?
DM: 19 on the KD check, yes?
Taranis: sounds right
DM: They're fey, and pretty weak fey at that. A tiny bit of DR/Cold Iron, and the ability to use some fairly weak cantrips.
Taranis: in that case...
*** Taranis Magic Missile
Taranis: /roll 1d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d4 < 4 = 4 > + 2 = 6
Taranis: at the fleer
DM: Also a strong connection to bugs, which they tend to tame and raise.
*** Mites keels over.
DM: Bolgan!
Bolgan: uhh
Bolgan: distance? shit in way?
DM: Just your allies, <20 ft
Bolgan: I guess I walk up to one and punch
DM: k
DM: I assume you don't penetrate DR/Cold Iron yet.
Bolgan: /try 4;ScorpionStyle
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM (ScorpionStyle) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 4 = 15
DM: a hit
Bolgan: I don't know if I ever do that
Bolgan: /roll 1d6+2
*** DM rolls dice for Bolgan: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 2 = 4
Bolgan: damage?
Bolgan: also that motherfucker needs to roll fort
DM: One of them is injured, are you attacking that one, or one of the others?
Bolgan: sure let's go with the injured one
DM: k
DM: You stagger him.
Mites: /try 0;fort
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM (fort) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 0 = 13
Bolgan: fail
DM: stunned too?
DM: k
Bolgan: his land speed is 5 ft for 4 rounds
Bolgan: no, not stunning fist
Bolgan: that shit is limited :)
DM: oh. well then.
Bolgan: scorpion style
Bolgan: kung fu bullshit
Bolgan: etc.
DM: Trip
Ilya: how is this guy not dead
DM: One is dead.
DM: One is staggered
Ilya: well
DM: Two are untouched
Ilya: Can Trip find a spot where she flanks an uninjured one with Bolgan
DM: Roll me some acrobatics.
Ilya: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 7 = 21
DM: Yep.
DM: easily.
Ilya: and axe
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 6 = 9
Ilya: aw
DM: that is a nothit
DM: Akiros!
DM: well, actually, let's have a round of attack rolls from Akiros, Ilya, and Elias.
*** Akiros moves up and takes a swing
DM: and Aleksei if he wants to xbow
Elias: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 6 = 18
Akiros: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 7 = 24
Akiros: /roll 1d8+2
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 5 = 5 > + 2 = 7
Elias: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > = 6
*** Ilya actually uses his ranseur
DM: k
Ilya: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
Ilya: :|
Akiros: (fatigue makes barbarian sad)
DM: Now here's the question.
Aleksei: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 = 19
DM: can Aleksei do 3 points of damage?
Aleksei: crit threat!
Aleksei: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 0 = 11
Aleksei: ?
DM: notcrit
Aleksei: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Aleksei: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > = 7
Aleksei: Bam
DM: ok, they're all dead.
DM: The cavern you're in is as described before. An opening in the far side slopes down further into the earth.
DM: There are no other exits.
Taranis: I guess we keep going
DM: k
Taranis: slaughtering little blue things all the way
DM: Eventually, the hole begins to turn vertical.
DM: Got some rope/climb checks?
Taranis: 50 ft of rope here
Ilya: I have rope too
*** Aleksei rope
Aleksei: 100 ft of it
DM: Should be enough. Dropping a rope down into the hole?
Aleksei: Yep
DM: You can hear the sounds of something going on there.
DM: More excited clicking, and it sounds like high pitched yelps of pain.
Aleksei: That sounds promising
Taranis: do those yelps sound human?
DM: No, more like Kobolds.
DM: So...
DM: dropping down?
DM: all commando-like?
Aleksei: Yep
Elias: I suspect it will be less graceful than that
Taranis: well, I suppose we should clear this out
DM: Ok… well...
DM: You set up some ropes and drop down. Roll a climb and/or acrobatics check to get down smoothly.
Taranis: /try 0;acrobatics
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM (acrobatics) 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 0 = 20
Taranis: (I am not first. But I am damn graceful)
Ilya: well
Ilya: climb is str
Ilya: so
Ilya: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 = 14
Elias: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 4 = 9
Aleksei: ACP :|
*** Aleksei looks it up
Aleksei: /try -5
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 0 - 5 = 2
Aleksei: oof.
Bolgan: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 5 = 20
Bolgan: (hackrobatics)
Aleksei: DC 0!
Aleksei: Yay
Aleksei: er
Aleksei: DC 5?
Aleksei: Oh
Aleksei: DC -5.
Aleksei: DC 5, -10 for two walls to brace against?
Aleksei: That looks appropriate, right
DM: just one wall, it's wide.
Aleksei: Well regardless, that's my result
Aleksei: Aw
DM: what'd Trip/Akiros get?
Ilya: oh right
Ilya: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 7 = 10
Ilya: actually that's a +8.
DM: And as things stand right now… Ilya, Bolgan and Taranis both get down with enough skill that they can take a surprise round.
Akiros: I... think...
*** DM will roll for him.
Akiros: /try -2
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 - 2 = 17
Taranis: I think that is an accurate recalculation de-raging, fatiguing, and ACPing
Taranis: though he might have climb ranks
DM: No ranks.
DM: k
DM: Akiros and Trip likewise manage to get in on the surprise round action.
DM: Aleksei is still stuck up in the air, and Elias gets down, but not in time to act in the surprise round.
Taranis: (that may be one lower; something sounds wrong)
Taranis: so what is down here?
DM: well… it appears to be some manner of torture chamber. A handful of kobolds hang limply from manacles along the walls.
DM: One seems to remain alive, and is at present being poked at by a dozen or so mites with long pointy sticks.
Taranis: dozen or so, eh?
DM: Next to him, also manacled to the wall are Svetlana and (you assume) the remaining guard.
Taranis: // damn, magic missile was handy, but I wish I had another Sleep available
DM: Indeed
Taranis: Ear Piercing Scream on the one closest to Svetlana
Taranis: DC 16 Fort
DM: http://hugin.xthemage.net/hugin/?instance=kingmaker
Ilya: where are we?
Taranis: that circle is us?
DM: yep
Ilya: and I guess you're in the process of placing the mites
Ilya: ?
DM: Yep… loading up a mini
DM: Someone number them please.
DM: Ok
Ilya: i hate to alarm you oliver
Ilya: but the map just turned blue
Ilya: for me
DM: o.O
Taranis: I have no issue
DM: urghle?
Ilya: taking a screenshot because hilarious.
DM: Please do.
Ilya: 
DM: Taranis, Bolgan, Akiros, Ilya, and Trip, take your surprise action.
Taranis: Ear-Piercing Scream, as I said
DM: k
Mites: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 = 12
DM: fail
*** Ilya ranseurpoke
Taranis: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d6 < 4 = 4 > + 1 = 5
Taranis: and dazed if not dead
DM: and a splat.
Ilya: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 5 = 8
Ilya: bah
Akiros: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 7 = 24
Ilya: then I couldn't roll anything ever!
Akiros: /roll 1d8+2
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
DM: Ilya fails
DM: and Akiros does … something at lease.t
Bolgan: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
Ilya: trip gets the jump on one
Bolgan: k
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 6 = 12
Ilya: yeah wow
Ilya: check out my last few d20s
Ilya: they're atrocious
DM: Trip hits.
Ilya: heh
Ilya: /roll 1d6+1d6-1
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 1d6 < 3 = 3 > - 1 = 7
DM: kersplat.
Ilya: man that is weird
Ilya: I reloaded
Ilya: it was fine
Ilya: and then
Ilya: suddenly
Ilya: blue
DM: o.O
Ilya: again
DM: I need to put in a debugging tool into the interface.
DM: ok
Ilya: hm
DM: Well, that's a surprise round. Let's have some init.
Ilya: testing theory...
Ilya: /try 0;ilya 3;trip
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM (ilya) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
*** DM (trip) 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
Ilya: nope I have no idea
Taranis: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 0 - 1 = 10
Ilya: I closed the tab
Ilya: it's fine now
Akiros: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 0 = 17
Elias: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 4 = 16
Bolgan: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 = 4
Mites: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
Ilya: wtf :|
Aleksei: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 - 1 = 3
*** Aleksei is still climbing down
DM: indeed.
DM: Trip's first up.
*** Ilya fiver
Ilya: hm
Ilya: ok that time
Ilya: I opened the mini info window
Ilya: and it happened again
DM: Odd.
Ilya: anyway
Ilya: more axes
Ilya: /try 4 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 4 = 17
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
Ilya: /roll 1d6+1d6-1
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 1d6 < 6 = 6 > - 1 = 10
DM: splat
DM: alright.
Ilya: yes flank yourselves for us
DM: They gang up on you.
Mites: /try 0;aidVsTrip 0;aidVsIlya 0;aidVsAkiros
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM (aidVsTrip) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 0 = 1
*** DM (aidVsIlya) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 0 = 15
*** DM (aidVsAkiros) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 0 = 14
Mites: /try 0;Dagger@Trip 0+2;Dagger@Ilya 2+1+2;Dart@Akiros 2+1+2;Dart@Akiros 2+1;Dart@Bolgan 2+1;Dart@Bolgan
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM (Dagger@Trip) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 = 12
*** DM (Dagger@Ilya) 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 0 + 2 = 20
*** DM (Dart@Akiros) 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 2 + 1 + 2 = 15
*** DM (Dart@Akiros) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 2 + 1 + 2 = 16
*** DM (Dart@Bolgan) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 + 1 = 15
*** DM (Dart@Bolgan) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 + 1 = 15
Akiros: I believe those are both misses
Ilya: I guess Ilya's the only one that gets hit
Mites: /roll 1d3-1+1;Ilya
*** DM rolls dice for Mites: (Ilya) 1d3 < 2 = 2 > - 1 + 1 = 2
Ilya: :|
Ilya: lol
DM: err, wait, that was one of the daggers
DM: make that a 1
DM: >.>
Ilya: k
DM: Akiros!
Akiros: /try 7;sword
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM (sword) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 7 = 11
Bolgan: I got hit twice
Mites: /roll 2d3;bolgan
*** DM rolls dice for Mites: (bolgan) 2d3 < 2 1 = 3 > = 3
DM: That is a miss from Akiros
DM: Elias!
Akiros: 5-ft then
DM: (Taranis next)
Elias: bowplomacy at number 9
Elias: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
DM: a hit
Elias: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 1 = 9
DM: and a slpat.
Taranis: last Ear-Piercing Scream at...
Taranis: 12, let's say
Taranis: DC 16 fort
Mites: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Mites :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 = 8
Taranis: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Taranis: and daze
DM: and splat
DM: Ilya (Bolgan next)
Ilya: fiver
Taranis: I don't honestly see these guys having a chance of victory
Ilya: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
Ilya: :|
*** Ilya flips table
DM: Don't you?
DM: Bolgan (Aleksei next)
Bolgan: 5-ft, heckapunches
Bolgan: /try 4 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Bolgan :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 4 = 20
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 4 = 10
DM: one hit
Bolgan: I am the worst
Bolgan: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Bolgan: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
DM: well, it goes splat. Which one?
Bolgan: next to ilya
DM: Ok.
DM: Aleksei (Trip next)
*** Aleksei climbs the rest of the way down probably
DM: K.
Aleksei: Do I have an action left
Aleksei: After that
DM: Roll a climb check.
Aleksei: /try -5
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 0 - 5 = 1
DM: Nope.
Aleksei: lol.
DM: Ok… Trip!
Ilya: Trip tumbles
DM: Let's have some acrobatics.
Ilya: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 8 = 10
Ilya: :x
Ilya: so yeah
Ilya: rolling
Ilya: hilarious
DM: well...
DM: I believe that provokes 4 times.
DM: /try 0 0 0 0
*** DM rolls attempts for DM :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 = 4
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 0 = 2
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 = 12
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 = 19
DM: /try 0;confirm
*** DM rolls attempts for DM :
*** DM (confirm) 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 0 = 6
Ilya: :|
Ilya: I think 3 actually
Ilya: no wait
Ilya: 4
Ilya: yeah
DM: /roll 1d3-1
*** DM rolls dice for DM: 1d3 < 3 = 3 > - 1 = 2
DM: (one hit only, I assume)
Ilya: yep
DM: Ok, roll the attack.
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 6 = 21
Ilya: ha
Ilya: /roll 1d6+1d6-1
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > + 1d6 < 2 = 2 > - 1 = 2
Ilya: ...
Ilya: really?
DM: indeed. INEFFECTIVE!
DM: They go.
DM: and it seems they concur with Taranis' observation.
DM: They withdraw.
Ilya: yeah seems to me we get some AoOs anyway.
Ilya: by we I mean trip.
DM: even so, I believe that gives trip a whole mess of AoOs, of which I believe she only gets one.
Ilya: yep
Ilya: she takes it!
DM: And… Akiros gets one as well.
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 6 = 15
DM: a hit
Akiros: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 7 = 14
Ilya: I don't get sneak though
Ilya: I assume
DM: also a hit.
Akiros: /roll 1d8+2
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
DM: no sneak
Ilya: /roll 1d6-1
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > - 1 = 5
DM: Enough to stagger.
Ilya: should be easy enough to finish the staggered guy
Ilya: so with them running
Ilya: let's collect the prisoners and leave
DM: The staggered one provokes from Akiros, but not Trip.
Taranis: if i had fire I'd burn that bridge
Akiros: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Akiros :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 7 = 15
Akiros: /roll 1d8+2
*** DM rolls dice for Akiros: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 2 = 5
DM: Who's staggered: 1,2,4, or 11
Taranis: splat
Ilya: who cares
Ilya: kill them all.
Taranis: for now, I say we get the prisoners... at least the humans, out
Taranis: and we can come back to clear this out properly later
Elias: can I roll a survival check to set the bridge on fire using flint and steel?
Ilya: well I'd say we leave the bridge for now
Elias: actually....I do have tindersticks
Ilya: since we're leaving
Elias: they are written down on my sheet
Elias: aww
Ilya: we may want to come back!
Elias: okaaaaaay
Ilya: and kill them all
*** Elias sulks
Ilya: you can take some potshots
Ilya: as they run
DM: ok.
Elias: eh, not nearly as fun
DM: You get one attack at them.
DM: Aaaand...
Ilya: I'll do that!
DM: let's have a perception check.
Ilya: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 2 = 11
DM: from Elias only
Elias: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 8 = 20
DM: Elias' keenly tuned ears hear something from that chasm.
*** Ilya drops his polearm, pulls out his bow
DM: Something big, and multilegged.
*** Ilya potshots
Elias: is it a spider?
DM: More leges.
DM: -e
Elias: scorpion!
Elias: Can I take it home with me?
DM: More legs.
Elias: centipede?
DM: Sounds about right.
Taranis: legosaurus?
DM: Whatever it is, it's leg-endary.
DM: Ok.
Bolgan: :|
Taranis: you left out the "wait for it"
*** Elias wants to make it his pet
DM: You free the prisoners.
Elias: I'm naming it Skitters
Ilya: now
Ilya: do we take the kobolds
DM: Most of the mites manage to get away after a few pot shots.
Ilya: or do we leave them
DM: All the kobolds except one are dead.
DM: That one however… we'll deal with next time.
Ilya: k
Taranis: Well... I have no particular like for kobolds
Ilya: me neither
Ilya: I was thinking maybe we'd have a use for one
Taranis: but... we could get information out of him
Ilya: right
DM: As for Svetlana and the Guard, they have not been treated pleasantly, but nothing some healing doesn't cure.
Ilya: so we take them back
DM: And we'll resume next week.
DM: err, not next week.
Taranis: 3 weeks, is it?
DM: In fact, I believe next week doesn't work, nor does the week after that.
DM: and the week after that, Ian's away… sooo… it may actually be 4 weeks.
Ilya: well if you guys want to play w/o me I guess that's ok
Bolgan: fucking mites
DM: For now, let's say 4 weeks.
DM: And in the meantime: http://kingmaker.xthemage.net/wiki/index.php/Wanted_Posters
Taranis: clearly Falgrim is the priority in this party?
Taranis: also we will need to work out how selling stuff off and buying things works
Aleksei: What's a tatzylwyrm
Taranis: Yeah that.
DM: K:Arcana
Taranis: /try 12
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 12 = 24
DM: Tatzlwyrms are thought to be primeval relatives of true dragons, having branched off the line millennia ago and evolved in a way that sets them notably apart. Undersized compared to their larger cousins, tatzlwyrms are nonetheless ferocious in their own right.
Taranis: so they're kinda like dragons, but smaller
Taranis: In other words, we know... bugger all
DM: also, think Eastern dragons.
Taranis: but no notion of whether we can take them or should wait 3 years
DM: They're known for having a poisonous breath weapon, and a serpentlike propensity for coiling around people.
DM: You think your group could probably take one.
DM: Maybe two.
Aleksei: Well
Aleksei: 600 gp is not worth going out of our way
Aleksei: What do we know about their behavior?
Aleksei: Are they predatory and/or evil
Aleksei: Do they terrorize the folk
Aleksei: Or are they basically ok if left aloe
Aleksei: +n
Taranis: in the short term, we're best off either exploring or handling the mites/kobolds, which are apparently too close for comfort
Aleksei: Yes agreed
DM: Well, they're predators in the same sense that a wolf is a predator.
Aleksei: Ok well
Aleksei: I think we should leave the wyrms be
Taranis: if we run into them, we may want to do something
Aleksei: To the same extent that we may want to do something if bears attack us
Ilya: Remember, our charter is to make this place habitable
Aleksei: But no more than that
Aleksei: Well if we kill all of the beasts and such
Aleksei: We'll mess up the balance of nature
Taranis: but none of these quite justify explicitly hunting for them specifically
Aleksei: And nature will get mad
Aleksei: And that's no good for anyone.
Taranis: kobolds or mites or exploring
Aleksei: ^
Ilya: Nature will get mad?
Taranis: and if we come across a bounty, we do that
Ilya: :x
Aleksei: Yes
Aleksei: Totally will
Bolgan: what does that even mean
Aleksei: It means that bad things happen
Aleksei: Droughts
DM: f'ref.. 
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Aleksei: Floods
Aleksei: Lightning
Aleksei: um
Aleksei: Army of pixies
Taranis: Rain of Frogs?
Aleksei: yes
Aleksei: that too.
Taranis: That sort of thing?
Aleksei: None of those are things we want.
DM: >.>
DM: or are they?
Aleksei: nope.
Aleksei: So let's leave the bears and wyrms and other cute fuzzy forest critters alone.
Ilya: Sounds like fairy tales to me.
Aleksei: Yes well vengeful spirits that live in rivers sound like fairy tales too
Aleksei: But you have a spear that one gave you
Aleksei: So
Elias: Don't knock nature
Elias: it has it's way of one-upping you if you're not careful
Ilya: Hmph.
Aleksei: Exactly.
Ilya: Vengeful spirits in rivers I can handle.
Ilya: You can stab them to death.
Ilya: The other things... I am not convinced.
Ilya: But, as you say, we can leave it until we actually settle people here.
Ilya: Then if it becomes a problem...
Ilya: We will need to handle it.
Aleksei: If nothing else
Aleksei: The pixies will get mad!
Elias: if we don't bother them and their habitats remain undisturbed, then we shouldn't have a problem
Aleksei: Totally
Elias: yeah remember we told those pixies we would help them
Elias: //or whatever those tricksters turning our boots green were
Aleksei: Yeah and paladins don't break promises, right?
DM: Btw, since it'll be several weeks either way...
*** Ilya doesn't remember making any promises to any pixes
DM: Oleg can't afford buy all of your stuff immediately, but he can send off to Restov for some money to front for the purchases while the items sell.
Ilya: or he could just sell it for us and hold onto the profits
Ilya: to be given to us at a later date
DM: Either way, you should have the funds within 2 weeks.
Taranis: yeah, I mean, that works
Taranis: we should make some requests
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DM: He's got a few items locally.
Taranis: i mean, we've got a fair chunk of money... so we should buy some stuff on the credit of the sale material
Taranis: and send off for anything else
Taranis: I want some alchemist's fire and a jar of liquid ice...
DM: If you want potions/alchemical items, he directs you to Bokken, a crazy old druid who lives Southeast of the trading post.
Taranis: well presumably restov also has those?
Taranis: but we'd likel get them sooner from Bokken
DM: Well, yes, but Restov is 2 weeks round trip
DM: If you want anything else, he's got a handful of more expensive items. For simplicity, let's say that you can get 1000gp of equipment from him immediately.
DM: Anything more expensive will be available in 2 weeks.
Aleksei: What's our cash situation
DM: I believe y'all still have that vial of alchemist's fire.
DM: Bolgan never set it off.
DM: (and wasn't around to mark it off)
DM: Wow… so the lack of Chris' internet is apparently not equipment failure.
DM: Her housemates (who she's subletting from) didn't bother to pay the internet bill.
DM: Oh, one other thing @Sandy: Consider C5 Explored
DM: The forest edge continues through the boundary between there and C6/D5.
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